Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failur

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. – J. K. Rowling

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The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results. – Major Taylor

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Ive had great success and Ive had catastrophic failure. Its really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think. – Peter Berg

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Im very comfortable with failure. Im very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people. – Steven Soderbergh

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Our nations Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve. – Pete Sessions

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